Millions of questions are wracking the mind, when we hear that teachers are refusing to take additional students for extra classes (outside of school), in Chennai. They all are reporting that they are running full and cannot spare any more time!!! This, in spite of, the fees charged for these extra-classes, being sky-high. Some are charging 10,000, 20,000 or even 60 thousand rupees per year (depending on number of subjects covered)!
Are the parents over-enthusiastic about time spent by the wards in curricular learning? Are the children being overloaded? Is it peer pressure that forces many children to go to these extra-classes? Or is it that the education system is broken? Where is the Indian education heading to?
What is the situation with respect to the teachers in the schools - are they not up to the mark? Or, are the topics, covered at each level, expanding too fast for the teachers & students to handle (due to advance in science, technology and general availability of information/ knowledge)? Do children have to know a bit of everything up the class 10 level?
Gone are the days when only those children weak in studies attended extra-classes. Everyone is wearing the attendance of tuitions as a badge of honour! The parents also tout the names of the teachers/ professors, or in some cases organized institutions, which provide such classes, proudly!
Are the children even paying attention in classes? This is also an important question we have - they don't seem to recall much of what was taught in class. Whose fault is it - teacher's, child's, school's or parents'? Don't the children understand that by not paying attention and later being pushed into extra classes, it is eating into their "Fun Time"?
Do the teachers just read/write out the portions in the book and move on, without adding value to the children? Are they inefficient / ineffective? Is it possible that some are intentionally driving the children to come for extra-classes for an additional fee into their own pockets?
Does the current examination & marking system cause this issue? If such centers and teachers are running full and on the other hand 250 engineering colleges have been closed in last few years, how will anyone make some sense out of this chaos?
Dumbstruck! Amazed! Scratching head! Or is it time for us also to put the head into the sand?
Om Tatsat Brahmaarpanamastu?
Are the parents over-enthusiastic about time spent by the wards in curricular learning? Are the children being overloaded? Is it peer pressure that forces many children to go to these extra-classes? Or is it that the education system is broken? Where is the Indian education heading to?
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Gone are the days when only those children weak in studies attended extra-classes. Everyone is wearing the attendance of tuitions as a badge of honour! The parents also tout the names of the teachers/ professors, or in some cases organized institutions, which provide such classes, proudly!
Are the children even paying attention in classes? This is also an important question we have - they don't seem to recall much of what was taught in class. Whose fault is it - teacher's, child's, school's or parents'? Don't the children understand that by not paying attention and later being pushed into extra classes, it is eating into their "Fun Time"?
Do the teachers just read/write out the portions in the book and move on, without adding value to the children? Are they inefficient / ineffective? Is it possible that some are intentionally driving the children to come for extra-classes for an additional fee into their own pockets?
Does the current examination & marking system cause this issue? If such centers and teachers are running full and on the other hand 250 engineering colleges have been closed in last few years, how will anyone make some sense out of this chaos?Dumbstruck! Amazed! Scratching head! Or is it time for us also to put the head into the sand?
Om Tatsat Brahmaarpanamastu?
